Epistaxis: diagnóstico y alternativas terapéuticas actuales / Epistaxis: diagnosis and current therapeutic alternatives
Rev. Hosp. Clin. Univ. Chile
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18(3): 227-238, 2007. ilus, tab
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em Espanhol
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ABSTRACT
The epistaxis is one of the most common emergencies. While most of these bleeding can be resolved successfully by emergency medical, epistaxis some are complex and may require intervention by specialists with intensive management and hospitalization. There are multiple risk factors to produce an epistaxis, and this can affect any age group. The epistaxis is not alien morbidity able to get to the death if not resolved quickly hemorrhagic shock. The treatment strategies have generally been similar for decades. But with the advent of surgical nasal endoscopy and evolving methods of angiography and selective embolization, have allowed new options for handling fast and highly effective. In this review we reviewed and discussed the various alternatives for managing the epistaxis starting with those easy resolutions to those intractable. It discusses the pros and cons of the new techniques.
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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
Epistaxe
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. Hosp. Clin. Univ. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Chile
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile/CL
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